IGN editor: No worthwhile Wii games have released since 2007.

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Kenryoku_Maxis said:

Sorcery said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:

While many PSX and PS2 games will have a hard time playing as well as you remember them or whatnot, the sheer amount of games on the Sony systems made some definite games appear on the systems. The N64 and GC had some amazing titles, but suffered from the majority coming from Nintendo themselves. As you already pointed out in your post. WHereas I can point out the same amount of good games on the PSX or PS2 from third parties. Not saying any 'X' games on the PS2 is better than any 'X' game on the GC, just the facts that the PSX and PS2 saw 10x the amount of games and as such, still got plenty of good games (and bad ones).

I won't deny that the PSX and PS2 have far more games that are/were good, but for whatever reason I prefer those games that I'll love to play 5, 10, 20 years in the future. I still play Mario 64, Star Fox 64, and Zelda 64, and I can see myself playing those games once in a while 10 years from now; meanwhile, I've dumped Metal Gear Solid for the Twin Snakes iteration, Tomb Raider for Tomb Raider: Anniversary (which isn't even that good, and says a lot about the old controls), and Resident Evil for Resident Evil 4 (two totally different genres, I know).

 

With the PS2, do you think you'll ever play GTA3 again? The game looks like ass. Gran Turismo 3? Well, if GT4 didn't make you dump that one, GT5 will. Ratchet and Clank? If you've been following that one since the beginning, it's starting to get old. They're all great games at the moment of release, but they lose their luster eventually... or at least they lose it for me.

Again, you're only looking at 'major' releases. There's much more to the PSX and PS2 besides multi-million dollar titles which saw 50-100 million dollars in marketing.

I mean, I'm still going to be pulling out my PSX for Castlevania: SotN, Strider 2, FFVIII and Suikoden II. And my PS2 for Dragon Quest VIII, Suikoden III, Zone of Enders 2 and Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkachi 3 for years to come. I understand where you are coming from, there's an appeal to some past games like Kirby's Adventure or Super Metroid or even Zelda: Ocarina of Time that makes you want to play them over and over. But there's definitely some of those types of titles on the PSX and PS2 as well.

When I said I look at the PS2 the same as the Wii, I was more or less referring to the non-major releases. Excite Truck, Zack and Wiki, etc. They're good fun, just forgettable.

 

I agree about some of those PSX games though. I play Symphony of the Night and Suikoden on my PSP, but... those fall under the JRPG/sidescroller umbrella. It's weird though, I really enjoyed my PS2, yet I can't really think of any games that I want to replay, except for Shinobi... which I regretably sold.